The selection process is kind of weird. Like I said earlier, I got relatively far into the selection process (to the point where I taught a lesson) and they emailed me a generic rejection. I understand that I could have fucked up the lesson, but I figured I'd get more than a generic email. Then on top of it, my creepy friend gets to work with kids. Asshole.
And Vision, I'm not trying to discourage you from joining, but I've heard some horror stories from it. Specifically, teachers get put in shitty schools and situations, and the students don't get a lot out of it cuz the teachers aren't formally trained.
If its what you want to do, then I'm sure you'll like it. What year/subject do you want to teach?
With my background I'd likely end up in History or less likely English and would probably be able to be placed at most levels. I'd love to do math but the math experience I have is mostly data analysis, probability and that kind of stuff so I probably wouldn't be able to teach math. I'd love to be able to work with special education students but since I don't have any experience or education in that field so I don't see it happening.
I actually wanted to do math or anything related to numbers (accounting/finance major) for high schoolers or I was willing to teach younger kids. I figured they would take me as a man and as someone math/numbers oriented. Oh well.
Applying for graduate CS degrees at the University of Washington, University of Colorado, Stanford, and University of Southern California. Hoping for the best.
Is anyone here familiar with USC's Masters in CS with a specialization in Game Development? I can't find any stats on their placement rates in industry.
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Applying for graduate CS degrees at the University of Washington, University of Colorado, Stanford, and University of Southern California. Hoping for the best.
Is anyone here familiar with USC's Masters in CS with a specialization in Game Development? I can't find any stats on their placement rates in industry.
Masters in CS specialization in Game Development no.
A good buddy of mine went to USC for graduate school in CS with a specialization in AI and Computer Vision. He got a job pretty quickly after graduating as a defense contractor last year but the economy went belly up so now he's looking.
I can ask about it though hold on
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Applying for graduate CS degrees at the University of Washington, University of Colorado, Stanford, and University of Southern California. Hoping for the best.
Is anyone here familiar with USC's Masters in CS with a specialization in Game Development? I can't find any stats on their placement rates in industry.
I hear UCSC has a good game dev program. Just throwing that out there.
Can you share your stats? I am curious as I am a CS applicant as well.
it seems like a lot of you are doing CS or whatever
my MA is in Comm
so this may not apply, but a thing that I think worked well for me is
I identified a faculty member or two that I would want to work with at each prospective university
I sent them an email saying "omg u r so awesome! I love this article that you wrote. can we talk on the phone?!"
then we talked on the phone about what it's like to go to school there and what they're looking for (sometimes they would let me talk to a grad student too)
then the faculty remembers you when they see your application pop up, and if your interests align, they might pull for you to get in so you can work together
Applying for graduate CS degrees at the University of Washington, University of Colorado, Stanford, and University of Southern California. Hoping for the best.
Is anyone here familiar with USC's Masters in CS with a specialization in Game Development? I can't find any stats on their placement rates in industry.
Masters in CS specialization in Game Development no.
A good buddy of mine went to USC for graduate school in CS with a specialization in AI and Computer Vision. He got a job pretty quickly after graduating as a defense contractor last year but the economy went belly up so now he's looking.
I can ask about it though hold on
Thanks for checking. I'm actually heading out to USC's campus on 11/12 as part of their Graduate Preview Day. They'll waive the application fee, so that's cool. For sure I'll ask that question on the tour but I wanted to see some unofficial advice too.
Also my stats cause someone asked:
Undergrad GPA ~ 3.7 at Georgia Tech
Verbal GRE 620, Quantitative 790
I've got about a year's worth of research/work experience and I used to be a TA for a sophomore CS course.
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Does anyone know people that got in to top schools with terrible GRE scores?
To be honest, it's a crapshoot and highly dependent on the schools (and also differs between Masters and PhD programs), but from a few I've talked to, their GRE baseline is just that - a baseline that is their first line of weeding out.
As for me, applying in three to six weeks for a mix of Masters and PhD programs in mathematics, dependent on the schools. Ultimately my goal is a PhD.
GRE: 800M, 710V, 3 or 4 W (my writing topic was godawful, I wish I'd picked the other one now)
Took the GRE Math Subj test two weeks ago and I have to wait another four to see how I did.
GPA: 3.45, much higher in core classes
I've got my letters of rec lined up, but unfortunately little to no directed research experience, so I need to pitch myself well and hope for good GRE Subj test scores. I'm applying all over, mostly outside of the midwest, and hoping mostly for Caltech, NYU, UMich or UWash.
Standardized tests have been talked up in this thread. It's very much a function of what you want to do. I can only speak to engineering, because that's all I have experience with: Don't sweat the GRE. The math that is tested is trivial and anyone applying to a top engineering school will only miss obscure/irrelevant questions or make strange mistakes. Don't sweat the verbal, it's only used to compare it with your personal statement so they can tell if a non-english speaker hired someone else to write their personal statement for them.
For getting into an engineering program the ranking is
Grades>Recs>Resume>Statement >>>> GRE.
And if any of your major sections are particularly strong, they can make up for shortcomings in other areas. A great recommendation can negate the effect of mediocre grades. Years spent doing research and a couple publications with your name on them might outweigh a poorly written personal statement (although really there is no excuse for this. Get help from a friend if you suck at writing). Spend all the time you are studying for the GRE working on your personal statement.
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Aren't the average scores 500/500 for the GRE?
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I've heard verbal doesn't matter for quantitative grad schools.
(sucks for me. I've always had an easy, happy time with anything that involves words or the humanities. It's absolutely worthless to me professionally.)
So now I want to apply to MSU's Zoology program in a year or so thanks to the science thread
i should have some papers under by belt by then thanks to my job
need to boost my GRE scores and take an online physics class (apparently advanced chemistry counts as physics to graduate at my Uni so I never had to take it. kinda mad at myself)
First determine when you want to get into grad school. Take the exam at least one year prior to then. I took my LSAT a good 18 months before I stepped through the lawschool doors, and six-eight months before I applied.
Start two months before you take it doing some basic studying. Each week, do a practice test.
By the time you are two weeks out, you should have most of your studying done and you should take a couple of 'full run' practice tests, which should accurately recreate test conditions (same length of time, no interruptions, etc.)
I'm currently studying up for the december 5 lsat, is my plan to apply to places in january a bad idea? Should I just wait for next year?
Also, if you don't mind me asking, where did you get into and how much of a scholarship did you get? I've heard that law schools are pretty stingy with scholarships since it's considered a 'working' degree.
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I sent you a PM because I'm not going to publicly announce what my scholarship is.
Yes it's a bad idea. You're cutting it really close. You really should have applied by December the year before you intend on attending the college. January is the absolute latest, as by February they have already allotted most of their scholarships and admissions.
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I sent you a PM because I'm not going to publicly announce what my scholarship is.
Yes it's a bad idea. You're cutting it really close. You really should have applied by December the year before you intend on attending the college. January is the absolute latest, as by February they have already allotted most of their scholarships and admissions.
Ok, I'll just put it off til next year. I've got a good job right now, so I don't mind working another year and saving up some more money. Thanks for the help.
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Yes, less competition on the job market for Munkus.
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Nah. Fshavlak brings up an excellent point that standardized tests are just one portion of the smorgasbord of information they're looking at. Each program at each school will have its own hierarchy of qualifications, so the best thing you can do is get everything else looking top notch, talk to as many of the schools as you can to see if you can gather what they look at the most strongly, and tailor your resume to fit.
Plus, before, you were asking about top schools, which are most likely looking for higher quant scores than that (not always, but most likely). However, that 730 is no slouch at a lot of other schools - just not necessarily the top 20.
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I need to find a grad school to get my Masters in Psychology. I graduated with about a 3.5 GPA got 540/520 on the GRE and a 5.0 on the analytical writing part.
I just have no idea what to do next. I'm the only one in my family to make it this far.
I need to find a grad school to get my Masters in Psychology. I graduated with about a 3.5 GPA got 540/520 on the GRE and a 5.0 on the analytical writing part.
I just have no idea what to do next. I'm the only one in my family to make it this far.
Find schools that are doing researches that are similar to your interests.
OH MY GOD MOM I KNOW WHY I STOPPED GOING TO SCHOOL FOR A LITTLE WHILE. YEAH I KNOW ABOUT THIS WHOLE GREEN TECHNOLOGY MOVEMENT. YEAH I PROBABLY SHOULD GET A JOB IN THAT
I need to find a grad school to get my Masters in Psychology. I graduated with about a 3.5 GPA got 540/520 on the GRE and a 5.0 on the analytical writing part.
I just have no idea what to do next. I'm the only one in my family to make it this far.
Find schools that are doing researches that are similar to your interests.
This cannot be emphasized enough. Masters tend to get out in two years, so its not as much an issue for them, but doctorates will range from four to six years. That is a long time to be doing something that absolutely bores you. This only gets worse when everything you try fails, as is traditional in grad school, so now not only are you bored, you are frustrated about something that bores you.
Pick a school where a faculty member does research you are interested in. Better yet, pick a school where there are multiple people you would consider working for. There is a good enough chance that you won't get your first pick that you want one or two fallbacks to ensure you don't want to kill yourself halfway through your degree.
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I actually wanted to do math or anything related to numbers (accounting/finance major) for high schoolers or I was willing to teach younger kids. I figured they would take me as a man and as someone math/numbers oriented. Oh well.
Coran Attack!
seriously a douchebag
pretty happy that i didn't get in in retrospect
All boring and monotone.
i don't even remember now why i chose that
(in 1 to 3 years)
new mexico is an awful choice.
he has his TFA interview tomorrow
I dunno if i should apply
probably not
Is anyone here familiar with USC's Masters in CS with a specialization in Game Development? I can't find any stats on their placement rates in industry.
Masters in CS specialization in Game Development no.
A good buddy of mine went to USC for graduate school in CS with a specialization in AI and Computer Vision. He got a job pretty quickly after graduating as a defense contractor last year but the economy went belly up so now he's looking.
I can ask about it though hold on
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
I hear UCSC has a good game dev program. Just throwing that out there.
Can you share your stats? I am curious as I am a CS applicant as well.
Doesn't matter. Just be organized and good at turning in your paperwork.
my MA is in Comm
so this may not apply, but a thing that I think worked well for me is
I identified a faculty member or two that I would want to work with at each prospective university
I sent them an email saying "omg u r so awesome! I love this article that you wrote. can we talk on the phone?!"
then we talked on the phone about what it's like to go to school there and what they're looking for (sometimes they would let me talk to a grad student too)
then the faculty remembers you when they see your application pop up, and if your interests align, they might pull for you to get in so you can work together
Thanks for checking. I'm actually heading out to USC's campus on 11/12 as part of their Graduate Preview Day. They'll waive the application fee, so that's cool. For sure I'll ask that question on the tour but I wanted to see some unofficial advice too.
Also my stats cause someone asked:
Undergrad GPA ~ 3.7 at Georgia Tech
Verbal GRE 620, Quantitative 790
I've got about a year's worth of research/work experience and I used to be a TA for a sophomore CS course.
As for me, applying in three to six weeks for a mix of Masters and PhD programs in mathematics, dependent on the schools. Ultimately my goal is a PhD.
GRE: 800M, 710V, 3 or 4 W (my writing topic was godawful, I wish I'd picked the other one now)
Took the GRE Math Subj test two weeks ago and I have to wait another four to see how I did.
GPA: 3.45, much higher in core classes
I've got my letters of rec lined up, but unfortunately little to no directed research experience, so I need to pitch myself well and hope for good GRE Subj test scores. I'm applying all over, mostly outside of the midwest, and hoping mostly for Caltech, NYU, UMich or UWash.
bitching and moaning.
For getting into an engineering program the ranking is
Grades>Recs>Resume>Statement >>>> GRE.
And if any of your major sections are particularly strong, they can make up for shortcomings in other areas. A great recommendation can negate the effect of mediocre grades. Years spent doing research and a couple publications with your name on them might outweigh a poorly written personal statement (although really there is no excuse for this. Get help from a friend if you suck at writing). Spend all the time you are studying for the GRE working on your personal statement.
Am I fucked?
(sucks for me. I've always had an easy, happy time with anything that involves words or the humanities. It's absolutely worthless to me professionally.)
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i should have some papers under by belt by then thanks to my job
need to boost my GRE scores and take an online physics class (apparently advanced chemistry counts as physics to graduate at my Uni so I never had to take it. kinda mad at myself)
I'm currently studying up for the december 5 lsat, is my plan to apply to places in january a bad idea? Should I just wait for next year?
Also, if you don't mind me asking, where did you get into and how much of a scholarship did you get? I've heard that law schools are pretty stingy with scholarships since it's considered a 'working' degree.
Yes it's a bad idea. You're cutting it really close. You really should have applied by December the year before you intend on attending the college. January is the absolute latest, as by February they have already allotted most of their scholarships and admissions.
Ok, I'll just put it off til next year. I've got a good job right now, so I don't mind working another year and saving up some more money. Thanks for the help.
clever girl
Plus, before, you were asking about top schools, which are most likely looking for higher quant scores than that (not always, but most likely). However, that 730 is no slouch at a lot of other schools - just not necessarily the top 20.
I just have no idea what to do next. I'm the only one in my family to make it this far.
Find schools that are doing researches that are similar to your interests.
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Need to get 780+ on the quantitative!
When are you retaking it?
This cannot be emphasized enough. Masters tend to get out in two years, so its not as much an issue for them, but doctorates will range from four to six years. That is a long time to be doing something that absolutely bores you. This only gets worse when everything you try fails, as is traditional in grad school, so now not only are you bored, you are frustrated about something that bores you.
Pick a school where a faculty member does research you are interested in. Better yet, pick a school where there are multiple people you would consider working for. There is a good enough chance that you won't get your first pick that you want one or two fallbacks to ensure you don't want to kill yourself halfway through your degree.